NZQA registered unit standard
28850 version 1
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Title
Benchmark own farm’s physical performance against industry high
performers
Level
4
Credits
10
Purpose
This unit standard is intended for people working in a farming
context and recognises the skills and knowledge necessary to
take responsibility for benchmarking their own farms physical
performance against primary industry high performers.
Classification
Agriculture > Agribusiness Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Definition
High performance is defined as at least upper quartile performance, and/or industry
targets for a production system.
2
Industry targets are the generally accepted physical performance measures
determined by industry peak bodies. This could include livestock performance
targets, pasture production targets, and farm production performance. Examples of
industry targets may be found at DairyNZ, http://www.dairynz.co.nz/, Beef+Lamb,
http://www.beeflambnz.com/, and DeerNZ, http://www.deernz.org/.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Benchmark own farm’s physical performance against industry high performers.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Determines physical performance areas to benchmark to improve performance.
1.2
Determines industry high performance targets to benchmark against.
1.3
Analyses own farm’s performance data against industry high performance
targets.
1.4
Describes strategies to improve performance.
Range
a minimum of two strategies;
descriptions must include a financial implication of each strategy.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
Planned review date
28850 version 1
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31 December 2020
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
18 June 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0052
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016